Night School Term Net Cost for Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids night school operated at 209.61 in the first term with 337 enrollments and 99 men 154 women aged 13 to 65. Receipts totaled 936.47 including tuition 714 and Smith Hughes aid 22.47. disbursements 1146.08 led by 1080.19 in salaries. The district sent officials to a Des Moines hearing on the Paramount theater tax and considered a sub-contract claim for junior high work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Arthur Deamer
Smith- Hughes Fund
E. R. Moore
Charles D. Hedberg
State Board of Assessment and Review
Des Moines
Paramount Theater
Robert T. Ure
New Car Registrations in Linn Rise 66 Percent in 1935
Linn county records show 2 889 new car registrations in 1935, up from 1 733 in 1934. The year also saw 485 new trucks, bringing total vehicle registrations to 3 874, a 64 percent increase from 2 399 in 1934.
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Linn
Linn County
Seek To Speed Up Chauffeur's Exams
A special drive to speed applications for 1936 chauffeur licenses from Linn county will be held in Cedar Rapids Thursday and Friday. State examiner Charles Hogan and Patrolman Herb Jennings will be on duty with Examiner James Hayes and three extra patrolmen arriving Thursday morning. Chauffeurs and truck drivers are urged to report on Thursday or Friday. The exam includes a 100 question written test on highway laws in the courthouse basement and a driving test and vehicle inspection at Second street and Sixth avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Charles Hogan
Herb Jennings
James Hayes
Second Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Age 69 dies at Clutier after heart illness
Mike Caslavka Jr 69 died Saturday at his Clutier home after an illness of heart trouble. The funeral was Monday at Immaculate Conception church with Rev. Thomas Vopatek. Burial followed with pallbearers named. He was born February 16 1866 in York township Tama county. Survived by many nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clutier
Mike Caslavka
Thomas Vopatek
Immaculate Conception Church
Peter Caslavka
Albert Caslavka
William Caslavka
Joe Caslavka
Joe Weaver
Peter Weaver
Joseph
Fannie Caslavka
York Township
Tama County
Carroll Township
Frances Svoboda
Clutter
Hattie Vanda
Notice of Administratrix Appointment for Marie Kouba Estate
Marie Kouba of Linn County Iowa is shown to have an Administratrix with the Will annexed appointed on December 30 1935. ETHEL M McFARLANE is named as Administratrix and all debts and claims must be presented to the Linn County District Court promptly. E T Fordyce is listed as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Marie Kouba
Ethel M. McFarlane
E. &. Fordyce
Atty
Railroads Challenge 1934 Pension Laws In Supreme Court
One hundred thirty five major railroads the Pullman Company and two express firms filed a District of Columbia Supreme Court challenge to the 1934 railroad pension legislation. They attack two stop gap laws, the excise tax of 4 4 percent on railroad payrolls and an employee income tax, and a retirement scheme granting up to 120 dollars monthly from age 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Pullman Company
Express
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Packing Firms Silent On Supreme Court Ruling
Four local packing and milling executives declined to comment on the supreme court decision voiding the AAA. Harry A. Palmer of Wilson and Co. and Arthur Poe of Quaker Oats said official statements should come from Chicago home offices. J. Harold Horan of Penick and Ford reserved comment pending details, while John C. Reid of National Oats said he had not thought about the decision and would not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
AAA
Harry A. Palmer
Wilson and Company Packing Plant
Arthur Poe
Quaker Oats Company
Chicago
J. Harold Horan
Penick and Ford
John C. Reid
National Oats Company
Hoover and Jesse Jones Pass Through Cedar Rapids
Former President Herbert Hoover and Jesse Jones traveled eastbound in a private car attached to North Western train No 28. They were en route to a New York Life Insurance Company board meeting, accompanied by several railroad officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Cedar Rapids
North Western
San Francisco
New York Court Rules Journalists Must Reveal Sources
The New York Court of Appeals held reporters cannot shield sources from a grand jury or court. It upheld a 30 day jail term and 250 dollar fine for contempt against Martin Mooney of the New York American, rejecting his appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
INS
Court of Appeals
New York State
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Martin Mooney
New York American
Cold Wave Halts At 10 Above Zero
Cedar Rapids temperatures tumbled from 33 at 1:30 p.m. to 25 at 7 p.m. 16 by midnight with a 10 degree high at 4 a.m. The cold held at 10 above until 9 a.m. Tuesday then rose to 17 by 1 p.m. and 18 by 2:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Livestock Men Seek Reciprocals Act Repeal At Convention
Phoenix AP report says the 39th annual American National Livestock Association convention opened with calls to repeal the reciprocal trade act and renounce the Argentine sanitary pact. The executive committee presented demands and laid out aims during the preliminary session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Notices
Higley Building Pharmacy now at 211 3rd St SE. Scoville Barracks Hospital sent fifty comfort bags receipts acknowledged by Metta A. Burd. Mr and Mrs J A Wooden 1128 Second Ave SW welcomed a son born to Curtis Wooden in Phoenix. Nelsons of 9060 Ave NW celebrate birth of first great grandson Jan 2 to Allen Wheeler and Lois Nelson. Navy recruiting quota raised for January Cedar Rapids three more men and Iowa City one more making fifteen to San Diego. Monzetta Marstetter 23 of Belle Plaine admitted to St Luke's Hospital with fractured leg after coasting incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Fitzsimmons
Helen Swift
Ellen Krebs
Huldah Hahn
Maude Cress
Edna _ Craig
Hazel Blythe
Estelle Critz
Kate Ingram
Cora Flynn
Anna Younkin
Wyoming
Onslow Hayseeds
Betty
Marilyn Buckingham
Harris Strong
Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Opera House
Arch
Kermit Vargissen
Wyoming Wranglers
Gladys
Audra*Demoss
Glen Felker
Stanley Ejichhorn
Pearl Allen
Oxford Junction
Paul Koch
Betty Jane
Helen Levsen
Reginald Morse
Evelyn Allen
Laverna Nowawick
P. W. Beacom
San Francisco
St. Patrick's Church
Leo
P. J. Conway
Duluth
J. L. McGhee
T. F. Conway
Minneapolis
Center Point
Irene Roy
David Roy
Hiawatha
Kaw
Scoville Barracks Hospital
Honolulu
Metta A. Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
J. A. Wooden
Second Avenue
Curtis Wooden
Phoenix, Ariz
Gazette
Leonard Nelson
Avenue NW
Jan
Allen Wheeler
Muscatine
Wheeler
Lois Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Co. C. Hudnall
United States Navy
Iowa City
San Diego
Monzetta Marstetter
Belle Plaine
St. Luke’s Hospital
Interstate Commerce official to visit Des Moines for certificate talks
D. C. Dillon of the Interstate Commerce Commission will be in Des Moines January 11 to 15 to meet with Iowa rail road officials and local groups. He will assist with preparing and filing applications for motor carrier certificates required for interstate and foreign commerce. Applications must be filed by February 12 under the grand father clause of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, a notice said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Traffic Violators Fined In Police Court
Frank Sisler of 153 Thirteenth Avenue SW was fined 1 and costs for overtime parking. Kenneth Peppin of 122215 Third Street SE was fined 1 and costs for double parking. Other drivers fined 1 and costs for failing to leave parking lights on include George Pribosky, 1126 Twenty second Avenue SW Victor Feldman, 110 Eighth Street SE R V Brickley, 705 Fourth Avenue SE Lucille Woodward, 1504 Second Avenue SE Albert Reifschneider Magnus Hotel and Ronald Moore, 350 Eighteenth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sisler
Thirteenth Avenue
Kenneth Peppin
Third Street
George Pribosky
Twenty-second Avenue
Victor Feldman
Eighth Street
R. V. Brickley
Fourth Avenue
Lucille Woodward
Second Avenue
Albert Reifschneider
Magnus Hotel
Ronald Moore
Eighteenth Street
Resigned Simpson College President to Retire Next Spring
Dr. John L. Hillman resigns as Simpson College president and will stay on as Bible professor until spring. He will retire under Iowa-Des Moines conference plans next fall and was named president emeritus. He may attend his Ohio Wesleyan class reunion next spring with his wife and spend the following winter in Florida. He retires at 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Wesleyan
Hillman
Florida
Dr. Hillman
Greta Garbo II illness reports improvement
The Exchange Telegraph says Greta Garbo II has been ill in her villa at Nykoping Sweden for six weeks with a serious throat affliction. Once considered critical she is now able to leave her bed and is reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange Telegraph
Greta Garbo
Nykoping
Sweden
AAA Ruling Saved Many Packers Says Morrell Co Leader
OTTUMWA AP The AAA ruling saved many meat packers from liquidation said T Henry Foster president of John Morrell and Company in comments after the Supreme Court decision. He argues injunctions blocked federal collection and without relief many plants would have been seized closed or bankrupted. He notes hog costs and a 5 cent processing tax eroded pork profits and only a few firms could withstand the tax. He cites a July plea to Secretary Walace and laments policy shortcuts delaying agricultural parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Washington
United States
Congress
Liquor Board Nears Cash Surplus, Iowa
Iowa liquor control commission reports a preliminary Jan 1 cash position showing soon to exceed bills and begin building a cushion. Despite profits from operations, funds were tied in liquor stocks. December liabilities total around 175000 with January receipts expected to cover deficits and operating costs. Little purchasing underway and principal accounts on discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Marion church and club gatherings update
The Christian church choir meets Wednesday at 7 30 for rehearsal. Earl Stanton returns from a several day visit at Marengo. Mrs Neal Miller hosts Wednesday to W P C club of Robins. The Child Study club meets in Minnes with Mrs LeRoy Benedict. Ladies Aid divisions meet Wednesday Gleanors 2 30 with Addie Shumack True Blue 2 30 p m with W R Powell 1020 Seventeenth Street assisting hostesses F L Nickeson and James Cippera. Marion township teachers meet Thursday evening with Miss Gertrude Grimes two miles east and north of the county home. Miss Doris Clark assisting hostess. Sixteen Squaw Creek Young People's club members enjoy a bobsled ride Monday night and an oyster supper at Albert Berry's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Addie Shumack
True Blue
W. R. Powell
Seventeenth Street
F. L. Nickeson
James Cippera
Marion Township
Gertrude Grimes
Doris Clark
Squaw Creek Young People’s Club
Albert Berry
Marion News Briefs Include Meetings and Visits
The Federation of Women's clubs advisory committee will meet at 3 30 p m Wednesday in the public auditorium. Baptist church fellowship supper is at 6 30 p m with a bring your own meal. Family night at the Methodist church features a 6 30 picnic and slides about the camp at Clear Lake with Dr F A Lindhorst expected. Mr and Mrs Gene Miller traveled to Wyoming for a visit and to bring home daughter Voanna from her grandparents. Clark Saunders and Nelson attend Anamosa club meeting, with E A Clark speaking at Marion Townsend club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Federation of Women's Clubs
Baptist Church
Fellowship
Clear Lake
F. A. Lindhorst
Chicago
Gene Miller
Wyoming
Mr. Miller
George Miller
Voanna
E. A. Clark
Marion Townsend Club
K. M. Saunders
George Gray
C. E. Nelson
Anamosa Club
Mr. Clark
Cedar Rapids Couples Receive Marriage Licenses
Leo Vogel and Jeane Fisher both of Cedar Rapids obtained a marriage license. William W. Flick and Grace Bernice Bowman, both of Cedar Rapids, were also issued licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Vogel
Jeane Fisher
Cedar Rapids
William W. Flick
Grace Bernice Bowman
Plan Campaign To Collect Delinquent Town Pension Taxes
Des Moines Iowa AP Governor Herring said a special department of the state old age assistance commission will be created to lead a campaign to collect delinquent 1935 head taxes under the old age assistance law. Delinquencies total about 1.1 million dollars, enabling the state to draw matching federal funds for pensions. The department will be organized after Byron G. Allen returns from Washington. three staffers will work with county boards to pursue back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Herring
Washington
Byron G. Allen
Commission
Len Small Announces Illinois Primary Campaign
Len Small, Illinois governor 1920 to 1928, declares candidacy for another nomination. He spoke at a Kankakee county Republican central committee luncheon, joining a crowded April primary field with eight declared opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee, Ill
Len Small
Illinois
Small
Kankakee County
Republican Central Committee
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Aledo
Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
John G. Oglesby
Elkhart
J. Paul Kuhn
Batavia
Illinois Commerce Commission
Louis L. Emmerson
George W. Dowell
Duquoin
H. Wallace Caldwell
Chicago
Theaters Showcases and Screens Across Iowa Listings
At the theaters in Iowa the program features Murder of Dr Harrigan with Ricardo Cortez and Mary Astor, Hitch Hike Lady with Alison Skipworth and Mae Clarke, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo with Ronald Colman and Joan Bennett, Comedy Stars of Hollywood on stage and Charlie Chan's Secret with Warner Oland on screen, Mae West in Goin Town and Front Page Woman with Bette Davis and George Brent, Lady Tubbs with Alice Brady and Douglass Montgomery, Swifty with Hoot Gibson, Peck's Bad Boy with Jackie Cooper, The Keeper of the Bees with Neil Hamilton and Betty Furness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Murder of
Dr. Harrigan
Ricardo Cortez
Mary Astor
Alison Skipworth
Mae Clarke
Paramount
Ronald Colman
Joan Bennett
Monte Carlo
Hollywood
Warner Oland
Palace
Mae West
Bette Davis
George Brent
Front Page
Rialto
Lady Tubbs
Alice Brady
Douglass Montgomery
Swifty
Hoot Gibson
Jackie Cooper
Peck
Neil Hamilton
Betty Furness
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Et Bo
Iowa News
Garrison
Pratt Creek
Roy Mease
Wallace Newton
Treas
Urer
Edward Mease
Everett Mack
Clifford Wax
Hazel Mack
Knights of Pythias Lodge
W. G. Snyder
Payson A. Snow
Otho F. England
William Clemer
Norland Rusk
Ben F. Lewis
Norris Anderson
Charles van Dyke
Jesse L. Petiit
Ben F. Olds
Pocahontas Council
Pocahontas
Mary Kent
Winona
Frank Kent
Powhatan
Rosella Burnett
Ida Kent
Rosa Wirth
Wampum
Margaret England
Almeda Petiit
Agnes Collum
Mary van Scoyoc
Edna Parcel
Mary Kuelper
Adelphia Quigley
Mary Richardson
Emma Moore
Anna Pecenka
Josephine Burnett
Viola Hite
Tepee
Newhall
Dorothea Heppe
St. John's Lutheran Church
Here
O Nieting
Heppe
Aug. Schultz
Henry Bierschenk
Germany
Martin Heppe
Lizzie Knuth
Carl Vaupel
Carl
Henry
Conrad Vaupel
Jacob Brehm
van Horne
Aug. Hertle
Gerhart Heimbrodt
Adam Debes
McGregor
John Novotny
Joe Novotny
Henry Uridel
Herman F. Blocker
Delhi
H. L. Stone Hardware
Stone
Sheriff Utley
Manchester
Wheatland
A. C. Fischer
St. Paul's Reformed Church
William. Schoecker
F. W. Witte
Arthur Klahn
Emil Kelting
Carl Lohmann
Bertram
Fred Lake
George Lake
Ben Siver
Emory Nehlsen
Gus Nehlsen
Davenport
John Lucht
Grand Mound
Arizona
California
Grand Canyon
Palm Springs
Southwest
Santa Fe
D. M. Spangler
Santa Frry
Equitable
DLS
Moss Eas
Hoover
Jesse Jones
City
Higley Building
Robinson Bros
3Rd St
Advertisement
Simpson College
Greta Garbo II
HOLLY_woople
Brown and
la Velle
Jack Tracy
Wayne Six
Perret
Eves
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Hugh Herbert Plum
Ati
Carlos
Bickford ‘Eact
Elizabeth Young
Frank Albertson
Leslie Fenton
Morrell Co
Ter
Sobetini
Warner @ros
Marion News
Christian Church
Earl Stanton
Marengo
Neal Miller
W. P. C. Club of
Robins
Child Study Club
Minnes
LeRoy Benedict
Marion
W. R. Barber
Halstead
Kan
D. W. Conwell
Plan Campaign
Douglas Montgomery
Anita Louise Fe
Ip “Swifti
A Paramount
Ronald
Colin Clive
Nigel Bruce
Darryl F. Zanuck
Musica
Penner Oaks Frances
KG Sparks - Langford
Petty Grable - Lywwe
Geo. Brent
New Deal Treat Dance
Cervenka
Adolph Skersick
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